A GLANCE TO LITERARY DEVICES by https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks REVIEWING DIFFERENT LITERARY DEVICES en-us 2022-03-23 14:42:19 UTC 2022-03-23 22:57:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3ad.png LITERARY DEVICES aslanfirst https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks/wish/2110647553 WE WILL PRESENT JUST A FEW OF THESE LITERARY DEVICES]]> 2022-03-23 22:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks/wish/2110647553 aslanfirst https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks/wish/2110650673 LET US START BY THESE FOUR: ONOMATOPOEIA
PERSONIFICATION
SIMILE 
METAPHOR]]> 2022-03-23 22:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks/wish/2110650673 Common Figures of Speech – a word or a phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and that Is not meant to be taken literally. aslanfirst https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks/wish/2110658468 Cliché – a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse.

Conceit – an elaborate metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two things that are startlingly different.

Hyperbole – a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect.

Metaphor – a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles. They may be directly states, implied, extended, dead, or mixed.

Metonomy – a figure of speech in which a person, place, or things is referred to by something closely associated with it. Example – referring to a car as “wheels”

Oxymoron - a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. “Sweet sorrow,” “deafening silence,” and “living death” are common oxymorons.

Personification – a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

Simile – a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as, like, as, than, or resembles.

Symbol – a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more that itself. We can distinguish between public and personal symbols.]]> 2022-03-23 22:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aslanfirst/Bookmarks/wish/2110658468